Lead-in. 60 For the most part, we rarely find the opportunities to see movies on the big screen

60 For the most part, we rarely find the opportunities to see movies on the big screen. Normally, it’s the video or television. Think of the last few films that you have recently seen. Give thumbnail reviews following the format below:

61 Below are two lists: of cities hosting world-famous film fora and the specific awards given. Match the places in the box with the relevant awards?

62 As of the time of writing this task Ukrainian cinefiles were looking forward to seeing Ukraine's most landmark production of the years 2001-2002 "Molytva Za Get’mana Mazepu";. The production focuses on some historical-political events and, therefore, like the film " Patriot " with Mel Gibson, the Polish production " Vohnem I Mechem " with Bohdan Stupka, has already generated a lot of lance breaking. Read the available information related to the film for further discussions.

The program for the Competition section of the 52nd Berlin International Film Festival 2002 is now complete: a total of 23 films will be running in competition and 9 entries out of competition. In addition to the 14 titles previously announced, the program will include another 18 feature films, 10 of which are world premieres. 10 short films will round off the program.

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The Ukrainian film "Molytva Za Get’mana Mazepu"; (A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa), will be running out of competition and goes back further in history. In opulent images, director Yuriy Illienko tells of the pact between the Ukrainian Hetman Mazepa and the Swedish king against the Czar during the Russian-Swedish War of 1708-1709.
Molytva za Get'mana Mazepu / A Prayer For Hetman Mazepa

Ukraine 2001

DIRECTOR: Yuriy Illienko

Screenplay: Yuriy Illienko

Music: Virko Baley

Producer: Igor Didkovs'kyi

Cast: Bohdan Stupka, Ljudmyla Yefymenko, Nikita Džygurda, V'yacheslav Dovženko, Viktor Demertaš, Katya Lisovenko

Biography

Yuriy Illienko was born in Dnipropetrovs'k in Ukraine 1936. He is a director, cinematographer, screenwriter and actor. Illienko graduated in cinematography from Moscow film school VGIK in 1961, first working as a cinematographer at the Yalta Film Studios, subsequently joining the Dovzenko Studio in Kyiv in 1963. Famous for his collaboration with Serhiy Paradzhanov (FIRE HORSES, 1963). His own work as a director began in 1965. Like Paradzhanov, he is also a proponent of poetic fantasy.